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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1931
Page
3
Instructions cover adding currant jelly to gravy for lamb, selecting a sturdy insect resistant cabinet, making popcorn balls with a sugar syrup, vanilla and popcorn, and replacing a dripping faucet washer. References Farmers Bulletin 1460-F Simple Plumbing Repairs in the Home.
W T Price Clayton county attorney died in Elkader Monday of last week after a period of ill health. His death ends three generations of active law practice in one family, tracing back to his grandfather Judge FE Price who was known to Clayton county's bar. The obituary notes his father is still living in Elkader.
A casual notice invites anyone who missed their Hog Mineral sack during Trial Sack Week to still come in and take one on trial. A series of racy quips and jokes follow about groups, crime, home fixes, a fortune teller and moonshine, reflecting a lively, humorous local page.
Tom Johnson leads deputy wardens to establish a protective system for the pheasant open season November 6 and 7. Extra guards will patrol all counties, targeting violators who harvest birds out of season or carry loaded guns in cars. A Hampton pair received five day jail terms each after hidden pheasants were found in their possession and later again after further searches.
State law requires guns to be unloaded and stored in a case when moving between shooting locations. Governor Turner’s inaugural address urges strong river and lake preservation and strict stream pollution controls to protect Iowa’s recreation areas. Dean Glanville, Mason City deputy fish and game warden, fined violators for out of season pheasant hunting, while police fined him for overtime parking. Local boosters Ralph Overholzer and Wm. Bell advocate more game birds in Montgomery county.
A column notes shared resources such as fish and game, reforestation efforts, and cover for game birds as key conservation themes. It praises Iowa D A R for tree planting and forest maintenance in Wall Lake, and reports on a farmer near Lake City raising ringneck pheasants that hatch under a Rhode Island Red hen and roost with chickens.
The Strawberry Point Press Journal notes foxes are causing heavy losses to farmers near Backbone Park, with greater abundance in Clayton County. Park protection allegedly aids their movement to steal poultry, upsetting local owners. Two Edgewood men reportedly killed five foxes recently with a pack of hounds.
Iowa farmers grow more hopeful as corn and wheat prices rise about ten cents a bushel above early October lows. Des Moines market old corn trades seven cents above the October 17 quotation.
The North Iowa Times notes Marquette claims the nation’s highest per capita civic work in 1931. Waterworks expansion paving street improvements and the Mississippi bridge project drive growth. The Langlie Hill cut lowers grade, curb and gutter progress continues, and the business district gains modern shops. Railroad taxes in 1930 totaled 7.86 million dollars with 24 lines paying most state taxes.
Karl D. Fisk was found guilty of drawing or uttering false checks and received six months of hard labor in the county jail by Judge H. H. Taylor. His appeal bond was set at $1,000. Fisk is already serving the sentence in Waukon.
Volga City creamery butter earned a bronze medal at the National Dairy Show in St Louis. At Marshalltown, F P Gernand won first in butter judging at the state butter makers convention. Iowa reports 3 802 miles paved and 3 018 miles graveling on the primary road system with 9 747 tiles.
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